New Zealand Lemon Ginger Beer
This recipe came from the Christchurch Press a couple of years back and makes excellent ginger beer. You can add more sugar afterwards if you like it sweeter.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 2tablespoons warm water
- 1⁄2teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄4teaspoon dried yeast granules
- 1cup sugar
- 2lemons, juice of
- 1 -3teaspoon dried ginger
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DIRECTIONS
- Put first measure of sugar in warm water to dissolve, add yeast and stir.
- Place in warm place to start working.
- Finely grate or slice rind from 2 lemons and place in a heatproof container with the 1 cup of sugar and the dried ginger.
- Pour over 1 cup of boiling water and leave to steep for 10 minutes.
- Strain into 1.5 L plastic bottle in which the ginger beer will be made.
- Top up bottle with cool water to near top so that final temp is approximately body temperature.
- Add yeast to bottle as soon as it shows signs of working, ie. it foams.
- Cap bottle tightly.
- Mix thoroughly and put in a warm place.
- Leave until bottle becomes undentable. Depending on the yeast this can take anything from 12 hours to 3 days, but best to check regularly, as there is a risk of explosion with this!
- Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled and open with great care!
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